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World
Video of Killing Crystallizes Bolivian Anger Over Crime
A crime wave prompts a nation to look within and to its borders with Brazil and Peru.
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Health
Life, Interrupted: All in a Day's Work
Dozens of chemotherapy treatments and one bone marrow transplant later, I wish I could say that I’ve mastered the art of not working.
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Health
Air Pollution's Role in Heart Disease
Following more than 5,000 people in six cities and air pollution data, researchers found that the greater the level of air pollution, the greater the thickening of the carotid artery, a known risk for heart attack and stroke.
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Business Day
A Leader’s Test: Balancing Drive and Compassion
Wendy Lea, the chief executive of a customer experience start-up, says that showing compassion toward employees makes for more effective leadership.
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Opinion
A Rag of Riches
Another independent newspaper in Egypt closes: Revolution or not, the media here are more vulnerable than ever.
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Business Day
Indonesia Struggles to End Fuel Subsidies
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would submit a revised 2013 budget in May that would include a fuel price increase, but would also revive a cash compensation program for poor families.
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U.S.
Law Would Halve Mixed-Drink Tax at Music Clubs and Promote More Concerts
The bill by Representative Mark Strama would require Texas businesses that stage live music at least four days a week to spend the savings on putting on concerts.
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U.S.
How Immigration Reform and Demographics Could Change Presidential Math
We’ve designed an interactive graphic that allows you to make different sets of assumptions about immigration reform, population growth and racial voting patterns to see how the electoral math might change in the future.
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World
Sudan: Dozens Die in Gold Mine
More than 60 miners were killed this week in the Darfur region when the gold mine they were working in collapsed, a police spokesman said Thursday.
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U.S.
Why Not All the Money Collected to Fight Fires Is Actually Used for That
Though insurers are assessed $30 million a year to finance Texas’ mostly volunteer fire departments, most of the money is never used for that.
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World
Irish Proposal Would Allow Abortions in Emergencies
The Irish government has proposed legislation to allow abortion in cases where a threat exists to a woman’s life, including from suicide.
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World
Political Scuffle in Athens Bruises Young Bystander
A lawmaker in Greece’s right-wing Golden Dawn party was accused of trying to punch the mayor of Athens, but missing and hitting a 12-year-old girl instead.
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Business Day
Hedge Fund Trader Is Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Insider Case
Todd Newman, a onetime hedge fund trader at Diamondback Capital who was convicted of insider trading, was sentenced as part of the government’s widespread crackdown.
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Opinion
Preying on Pensioners
State and federal regulators need to get a handle on the lack of disclosure in tactics used by companies that specialize in separating retirees from their pensions.
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Business Day
Where the Raises Are: Trucking and Academia
Compensation growth has been relatively flat across the board in recent years. The biggest raises have been in transportation and higher education.
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Business Day
British Lobbying Group Condemns a Proposed European Financial Transaction Tax
London businesses would be hurt the most, said a report.
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Style
Lesson From Bangladesh: Cheap Children's Clothes Are Expensive
Cheap children’s clothes are a false economy, both individually and globally.
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Opinion
The Confidence Responses
Readers’ responses to the confidence questions inspire awe at the diversity of the human experience.
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U.S.
Koch Brothers Plan More Political Involvement for Their Conservative Network
Despite 2012 setbacks, Charles and David Koch have rejected any notion of stepping back from electoral politics.
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Business Day
Credit Reports More Accurately Reflect Debts Discharged in Bankruptcy
Credit reporting bureaus have gotten better at updating their records in part because of developments related to a class-action lawsuit.
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Opinion
On 'Unburnable Carbon' and the Specter of a 'Carbon Bubble'
Can climate forecasts and campaigners convince the world’s nations that some carbon is unburnable?
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Opinion
DNA from Tiger Scat Aids Conservation Efforts in Nepal
Tiger scat offers DNA traces that can help conserve Nepal’s struggling tiger population.
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Business Day
I.S.S. Backs Elliott in Fight Over Hess' Board
In a report published late on Thursday, Institutional Shareholder Services backed virtually every argument that Elliott has made for its five director nominees since beginning its fight earlier this year.
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Business Day
A Leader’s Test: Balancing Drive and Compassion
Wendy Lea, the chief executive of a customer experience start-up, says that showing compassion toward employees makes for more effective leadership.
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Business Day
Indonesia Struggles to End Fuel Subsidies
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would submit a revised 2013 budget in May that would include a fuel price increase, but would also revive a cash compensation program for poor families.
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Opinion
A Rag of Riches
Another independent newspaper in Egypt closes: Revolution or not, the media here are more vulnerable than ever.
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U.S.
Law Would Halve Mixed-Drink Tax at Music Clubs and Promote More Concerts
The bill by Representative Mark Strama would require Texas businesses that stage live music at least four days a week to spend the savings on putting on concerts.
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Business Day
Lessons on Fiscal Policy Since the Recession
Both job creation and deficit reduction are imperiled by current American fiscal policy, an economist writes.
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U.S.
How Immigration Reform and Demographics Could Change Presidential Math
We’ve designed an interactive graphic that allows you to make different sets of assumptions about immigration reform, population growth and racial voting patterns to see how the electoral math might change in the future.
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U.S.
Why Not All the Money Collected to Fight Fires Is Actually Used for That
Though insurers are assessed $30 million a year to finance Texas’ mostly volunteer fire departments, most of the money is never used for that.
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Business Day
Hedge Fund Trader Is Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Insider Case
Todd Newman, a onetime hedge fund trader at Diamondback Capital who was convicted of insider trading, was sentenced as part of the government’s widespread crackdown.
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Business Day
British Lobbying Group Condemns a Proposed European Financial Transaction Tax
London businesses would be hurt the most, said a report.
Stinging Electoral Defeat for British Conservatives as Right-Wing ...
Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives took a beating Friday with a by- election result that showed surging support for the United ...March 1, 2013 - - World / Europe - Article - Print Headline: "Stinging Electoral Defeat for British Conservatives as Right-Wing Party Makes Gains"
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Business Day
Glencore Shares Rise on Investor Optimism on Cost Savings
In its first day of trading on Friday, the newly-combined Glencore Xstrata’s stock price rose more than 4 percent, giving the company a market valuation of almost $70 billion.
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World
Irish Proposal Would Allow Abortions in Emergencies
The Irish government has proposed legislation to allow abortion in cases where a threat exists to a woman’s life, including from suicide.
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World
Political Scuffle in Athens Bruises Young Bystander
A lawmaker in Greece’s right-wing Golden Dawn party was accused of trying to punch the mayor of Athens, but missing and hitting a 12-year-old girl instead.
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Opinion
Preying on Pensioners
State and federal regulators need to get a handle on the lack of disclosure in tactics used by companies that specialize in separating retirees from their pensions.
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U.S.
Koch Brothers Plan More Political Involvement for Their Conservative Network
Despite 2012 setbacks, Charles and David Koch have rejected any notion of stepping back from electoral politics.
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World
Sudan: Dozens Die in Gold Mine
More than 60 miners were killed this week in the Darfur region when the gold mine they were working in collapsed, a police spokesman said Thursday.
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World
Dying Long Distance
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Health
Think Like a Doctor: An Unusual Headache Solved
Readers solve the mystery of a 23-year-old woman with a terrible headache who kept getting worse.
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Technology
Do Not Track Talks Could Be Running Off the Rails
Almost two years of talks over an international Do Not Track standard has made little headway to an agreement, but the two sides will meet again next week in California.
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Business Day
Lessons on Fiscal Policy Since the Recession
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Technology
The Shine Starts To Wear Off Google Glass
Let the backlash begin for Google Glass amid privacy concerns and a fear by the mainstream that the new, high-tech glasses are just too geeky.
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World
Dying Long Distance
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Business Day
The Corporate Tax Game
What appears to be widespread support for an overhaul of the corporate tax system may be a veneer covering deep splits between businesses that get the breaks and those that don’t.
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Opinion
The Confidence Responses
Readers’ responses to the confidence questions inspire awe at the diversity of the human experience.
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U.S.
Almost Half of Americans Say Budget Cuts Will Hurt Economy
About one-third said the automatic cuts to military and domestic programs would have no effect on the economy one way or the other, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Technology
Q.& A.: Finding and Using Windows Contacts
The Windows 7 Contacts folder is another place on the computer to store addresses, but you may have to import the contacts from another program.
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